diff --git a/src/views/InteractionsFlowView.vue b/src/views/InteractionsFlowView.vue
index 666b134..e67b29f 100644
--- a/src/views/InteractionsFlowView.vue
+++ b/src/views/InteractionsFlowView.vue
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <script setup>
 import { ref, onMounted } from "vue";
+import { getAuthKeyFromProperties } from '../helpers/index'
 
 import * as d3 from "d3";
 import * as align from "d3-sankey";
@@ -34,41 +35,35 @@ function fetchData() {
   //clear errors
   errorMessage.value = null;
 
-  var authKey;
-
-  if (props.sessionIdentifier.length > 0) {
-    authKey = props.sessionIdentifier;
-  } else if (props.username.length > 0) {
-    authKey = props.username;
-  } else {
-    errorMessage.value =
-      "_sessionIdentifier or username must be passed as query params.";
+  try {
+    var authKey = getAuthKeyFromProperties(props);
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error(error);
+    errorMessage.value = error;
+    return;
   }
-  if (authKey) {
-    fetch(
-      `${import.meta.env.VITE_EO_SERVICES_URL}/api/interactions-flow?filter=${
-        multiSelected.value
-      }&authKey=${authKey}`,
-      {
-        credentials: "include", // fetch won't send cookies unless you set credentials
+  fetch(
+    `${import.meta.env.VITE_EO_SERVICES_URL}/api/interactions-flow?filter=${multiSelected.value
+    }&authKey=${authKey}`,
+    {
+      credentials: "include", // fetch won't send cookies unless you set credentials
+    }
+  )
+    .then((response) => {
+      // check for error response
+      if (!response.ok) {
+        // get error message from body or default to response statusText
+        const error = response.data || response.statusText;
+        return Promise.reject(error);
       }
-    )
-      .then((response) => {
-        // check for error response
-        if (!response.ok) {
-          // get error message from body or default to response statusText
-          const error = response.data || response.statusText;
-          return Promise.reject(error);
-        }
-        response.json().then((data) => {
-          generateSankey(data);
-        });
-      })
-      .catch((error) => {
-        console.log(error);
-        errorMessage.value = error;
+      response.json().then((data) => {
+        generateSankey(data);
       });
-  }
+    })
+    .catch((error) => {
+      console.error(error);
+      errorMessage.value = error;
+    });
 }
 
 function generateSankey(data) {
@@ -104,9 +99,9 @@ function generateSankey(data) {
       .nodeId((d) => d.name)
       .nodeAlign(
         align[
-          `sankey${alignSelected.value[0].toUpperCase()}${alignSelected.value.slice(
-            1
-          )}`
+        `sankey${alignSelected.value[0].toUpperCase()}${alignSelected.value.slice(
+          1
+        )}`
         ]
       ) // d3.sankeyLeft, etc.
       .nodeWidth(15)
@@ -178,10 +173,10 @@ function generateSankey(data) {
         linkColor === "source-target"
           ? (d) => `url(#${d.uid})`
           : linkColor === "source"
-          ? (d) => color(d.source.category)
-          : linkColor === "target"
-          ? (d) => color(d.target.category)
-          : linkColor
+            ? (d) => color(d.source.category)
+            : linkColor === "target"
+              ? (d) => color(d.target.category)
+              : linkColor
       )
       .attr("stroke-width", (d) => Math.max(1, d.width));
 
diff --git a/src/views/SearchByReferenceView.vue b/src/views/SearchByReferenceView.vue
index 5f0dc19..0385d20 100644
--- a/src/views/SearchByReferenceView.vue
+++ b/src/views/SearchByReferenceView.vue
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <script setup>
 import { ref } from "vue";
+import { getAuthKeyFromProperties } from '../helpers/index'
 
 import ContactTable from "../components/ContactTable.vue";
 import ContactsSummary from "../components/ContactsSummary.vue";
@@ -23,16 +24,8 @@ function fetchData() {
   errorMessage.value = null;
   contactData.value = null;
 
-  var authKey;
+  var authKey = getAuthKeyFromProperties(props);
 
-  if (props.sessionIdentifier.length > 0) {
-    authKey = props.sessionIdentifier;
-  } else if (props.username.length > 0) {
-    authKey = props.username;
-  } else {
-    errorMessage.value =
-      "_sessionIdentifier or username must be passed as query params.";
-  }
   if (authKey) {
     fetch(
       `${